The University of Vermont The School of Business Administration |
Courses: by Level
The following courses are offered by the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont. Not all courses are offered every semester, so check the UVM Registrar Website for schedule of offering
Introductory Courses (0XX)BSAD 17 - Business Law
Details: Concepts of law as related to business, including law of contracts, sales, bailments, and negotiable instruments, business and laws of agency, partnerships, and corporations
Prerequisite: Soph. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 18 - Business Law
Details: Concepts of law as related to business, including law of contracts, sales, bailments, and negotiable instruments, business and laws of agency, partnerships, and corporations.
Prerequisite: Soph. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 40 - Information Technology and Management
Details: Introduction to use of technology and computers in decision-making functions of management. Includes coverage of information technology, computer software applications, and programming. Credit cannot be received for Computer Science 2 or Computer Science 3 after completion of BSAD 40. Students required to bring laptop with BSAD software to evrey class.
Prerequisite: BSAD only. No credit for CS 2 or 3 after completion of BSAD
40. Students required to bring their laptop w/BSAD software
to all classes. Required Course Specific fee of $20.
BSAD 60 - Financial Accounting
Details: Introduction to generally accepted accounting principles and techniques regarding corporations, partnerships, and proprietorships as they apply to income determination and financial position presentation.
Prerequisite: BSAD majors or minors, CSIS, EMGT; Soph. standing. Required course
specific fee of $20.
BSAD 61 - Managerial Accounting
Details: Introduction to use of accounting for planning, cost behavior and control, and decision making.
Prerequisite: BSAD 60 or 65; BSAD majors or minors, CSIS, EMGT; Soph.
standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 65 - Fundamentals of Accounting
Details: Overview of the financial accounting model and basic managerial accounting concepts, including accounting for service, merchandising and manufacturing companies, financial Statement components (assets, liabilities, and equity), cost analysis, and budgeting.
Prerequisite: Non-BSAD only; BSAD majors won't receive credit for BSAD. Soph. standing; Credit will be granted for only one of BSAD 60 or 65. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 72 [Discontinued] - The Economics of Business
Details: Builds on basic economics, looking at creative destruction and how equilibrium is achieved in the functional areas of the firm; including production, marketing, finance, human resources, and corporate strategy.
Prerequisite: ECON 11, 12; Soph. standing; BSAD only.
BSAD 95 - Special Topics
Details: Specialized or experimental courses offered as resources permit.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites and restrictions are determined by instructor. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 96 - Special Topics
Details: Specialized or experimental courses offered as resources permit.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites and restrictions are determined by instructor.
Required course specific fee of $20.
Intermediate Courses (1XX)BSAD 101 - Business Savvy
Details: Introduces non-business majors to the fundamentals of accounting,
finance, marketing, operations, human resources, and strategy. Students also participate in an
integrative, comprehensive business simulation.
Prerequisite: Non-BSAD majors only; junior,
senior, or recent graduate standing; minimum GPA = 2.5 or instructor permission. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 120 - Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior
Details: Fundamentals of organizational behavior, management, motivation, leadership, and teamwork in a diverse and global context
Prerequisite: BSAD majors or minors, CSIS, EMGT or DIET majors;
Jr. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 121 - Selected Topics in Organization Behavior
Details: Focuses on ways in which individuals and work groups within organizations can be better utilized as organizational resources.
Prerequisite: BSAD 120; BSAD majors or minors; Jr. standing.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 123 - Collective Bargaining and Conflict Resolution
Details: Focuses on union-employer relations and on developing the student's negotiation skills. Topics include the union contract, the causes of strikes, and the techniques for resolving conflict. A bargaining simulation is incorporated.
Prerequisite: BSAD 120; Jr. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 127 - International Management
Details: Reviews special problems in the management of human resources in a global economy. Focuses on cultural differences, a comparison of labor-management systems in a number of countries, the role of multinational corporations, and the impact of foreign enterprises on employment practices in host countries.
Prerequisite: BSAD 120; Sr. standing. Required course
specific fee of $20.
BSAD 132 - Political Environment of Business
Details: Explore the rationale for government interaction with business. Analyze (1) business, and the broader society's, demand public policy, as well as (2) the political institutions that supply public policy in both domestic and international contexts.
Prerequisite: ECON 11 & 12; BSAD majors or minors, CSIS, EMGT majors;
Jr. standing.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 135 [Discontinued] - Economics of International Management
Details: Study of the economic. political, and technological environments of international management and their influence on strategy formulation and implementation.
Prerequisite: BSAD 120, Sr. standing
BSAD 137 - Entrepreneurship
Details: Understanding of the business challenges that confront entrepreneurs and their approaches to opportunities. Emphasizes real-world information gathering and integrated approaches needed for entrepreneurial success.
Prerequisite: Jr; strong personal motivation. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 138 [Discontinued] - New Venture Creation I
Details: Students develop business plans for their own new business ideas. Evaluate market and financial feasibility and develop strategy and business objectives for the new venture.
Prerequisite: BSAD 137 or permissionission of the instructor plus strong personal motivation; Sr. standing.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 139 [Discontinued] - New Venture Creation II
Details: Continuation of BSAD 138. Students develop detailed and integrated operational business plans to support the business concept, strategy and objectives developed in BSAD 138.
Prerequisite: BSAD 138; Sr. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 141 - Management Information Systems
Details: Integrates computer hardware and software concepts with a classical methodology for developing business information systems. Presents the relevant factors in the development of information systems. Discusses the problems of analyzing, designing, and implementing such systems. Business majors may not earn credit for CS 42. Students required to bring laptop with BSAD software to every class.
Prerequisite: BSAD 60 and 61 or 65, BSAD 40 or CS majors; BSAD majors or
minors, CSIS, EMGT; Jr. standing. Students required to
bring laptop with BSAD software to all classes; Required
Course Fee of $20.
BSAD 142 - Structured Business Programming
Details: Fundamental principles of business computer programming. Topics include: the constructs of structured programming, modular development, sequential and nonsequential access techniques. Exercises include data editing, reporting, file updating. An on-line program development mode is used. Credit cannot be received for both CS 14 and BSAD 142.
Prerequisite: BSAD 141; Jr. standing; students are req'd to bring laptop
w/BSAD software to all classes.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 143 - Structured Analysis and Design of Business Systems
Details: In-depth study of business information system development cycle emphasizing analysis and design phases. Structured analysis and design techniques used to develop models of business information systems. Case studies such as payroll, inventory, accounts receivables, order entry, billing.
Prerequisite: BSAD 141; Jr. standing; BSAD mjrs & mnrs & CSIS, EMGT mjrs
only; students are req'd to bring laptop w/BSAD software
to all classes.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 144 - Data Base Development and Administration
Details: Data base system development cycle from analysis to design, implementation, and administration. Central focus on complex data structure modeling, data base implementation and administration. A project involving analysis, design, and implementation required.
Prerequisite: BSAD 141, BSAD majors or minors, CSIS, EMGT majors; Jr. standing. students are req'd to bring laptop w/BSAD software to all classes.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 145 - Managing the Information System Resource
Details: Theory and practice of managing resources of an organization's information system. Responsibilities and interactions of upper level, function area, and information system managers emphasized. Topics include project selection and control, staffing, organizing, planning, and managing the information system function. Students required to bring laptop with BSAD software to every class.
Prerequisite: BSAD 120, 141, concurrent enrlmnt in BSAD 144, or instructor's permission; Students required to bring laptop with BSAD software to all classes.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 146 - Business Data Communications
Details: The course covers basic concepts of data communications, networking, and network management and security. Focus is on local area networking (LAN) technologies and protocols. Includes various hands on lab-based exercises.
Prerequisite: BSAD mjrs only; Jr. standing; BSAD 141
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 147 [Discontinued] - Local Area Networks Lab
Details: Laboratory to accompany BSAD 146. Install, configure, and test two networks in a simulated small business setting; include basic network services. (Offered summer session only).
Prerequisite: BSAD 141 and conc enrlmnt in BSAD 146; Jr. standing; students are req'd to bring laptop w/BSAD software to all classes.
BSAD 150 - Marketing Management
Details: The place of marketing in our economy. Analysis of the market structure by function, institutions, and commodities. Consumer and organizational activities reviewed. Credit can not be received for CDAE 168 after completion of BSAD 150.
Prerequisite: STAT 141 or 111, ECON 11, 12; Jr. standing; BSAD majors or minors; CSIS,
EMGT; Credit cannot be received for CDAE 168 after completion of BSAD 150; Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 152 - Business to Business Marketing
Details: Exploration and analysis of the marketing of goods and services to organizations. Topics include organizational buying, market segmentation, positioning, pricing, communication, physical distribution and customer service, and sales management.
Prerequisite: Jr. standing; BSAD 150. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 153 - Consumer Behavior
Details: Exploration and analysis of research evidence from marketing and behavioral science relevant to a theory of consumer behavior. Emphasis also given to research methodologies.
Prerequisite: BSAD 150 or instructor perm; BSAD majors or minors; Jr.
standing; Credit cannot be received for both CDAE 127 & BSAD 153.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 155 - Marketing Communications
Details: Emphasizes the coordination of advertising and sales promotion into cohesive, single-minded promotional programs. Stresses the need to integrate promotional activity into the overall marketing strategy.
Prerequisite: BSAD 150, BSAD majors or minors; Jr. standing. Credit cannot be received for both CDAE 127 and BSAD 155.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 158 [Discontinued] - Current Marketing Developments
Details: Analysis of both present and future changes affecting marketing theory and practice. Topics include social changes, functional and institutional marketing system changes. Individual research projects required.
Prerequisite: BSAD 150. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 159 [Discontinued] - Marketing Planning and Programming
Details: The use of advanced cases to aid in the formulation of overall policies and planning strategies for marketing programs. Topics include product planning and channel selection.
Prerequisite: BSAD 150 and one other marketing course, not including 151.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 160 [Discontinued] - Corporate Financial Reporting
Details: A study of corporate financial accounting and reporting practices, focusing on contemporary issues and controversies.
Prerequisite: BSAD 180; not open to students who have completed BSAD 162; Jr. standing.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 161 - Intermediate Accounting I
Details: Study of how corporations account for and present the results of their financial activities. Emphasizes accounting for assets, current liabilities, and the related revenue and expenses. Provides overview of the four primary financial statements and accompanying notes.
Prerequisite: BSAD 60; Jr. standing. Required course
specific fee of $20.
BSAD 162 - Intermediate Accounting II
Details: Continues the study of the principles, concepts and techniques of accounting and financial reporting. Emphasizes accounting for long-term liabilites and the time value of money.
Prerequisite: BSAD 161/261, Jr. standing, Required Course Specific
Fee of $20.
BSAD 164 [Discontinued] - Introduction to Federal Taxation
Details: Examination of the Internal Revenue Code primarily regarding individuals and property transactions. Tax research methodology, and the taxation of corporate and partnership income, are introduced. (Now BSAD 264)
Prerequisite: BSAD 60 or 65; Jr. standing
BSAD 165 - Marketing Analysis and Action
Details: A second-level undergraduate marketing course that
combines managerial and analytic approaches to gaining insight into customer attitudes and behaviors and improving market decision-making.
Prerequisite: BSAD 150. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 168 [Discontinued] - Cost Accounting
Details: Accounting for inventory valuation and income determination, nonroutine decisions, policy making and long-range planning. (Now BSAD 268)
Prerequisite: BSAD 61; Jr. standing
BSAD 170 - Business Forecasting Methods
Details: Looks inside the crystal ball at major forecasting methods (Smoothing, Regression, Econometric, Box-Jenkins, Combined), and analyzes elements of good forecasting practice in an organization. Extensive use of PC forecasting packages.
Prerequisite: STAT 141, ECON 11, 12; Jr. standing; Required course
specific fee of $20.
BSAD 172 [Discontinued] - Managerial Economics
Details: Application of economic, mathematical, and statistical models to managerial decision making. Software support form PC spreadsheet programs.
Prerequisite: BSAD 61 or 65, MATH 20 or 21, STAT 141.
BSAD 173 - Production and Operations Analysis
Details: Study of the design, management and improvement of the activities that create and deliver a firm's products and prices.
Prerequisite: MATH 20 or 21, STAT 141, BSAD majors or minors, CSIS, EMGT; Jr. standing; Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 174 [Discontinued] - Manufacturing Planning and Control
Details: Study of systems to plan and control flows of materials through manufacturing. Topics include production, materials, and capacity planning; master scheduling; shop-floor control, and just-in-time production.
Prerequisite: MATH 20 or 21; STAT 141; Jr. standing
BSAD 175 - Management of Technology
Details: (Cross-listed with Engineering Management 175.)
Prerequisite: Srs. EM or BSAD; Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 177 [Discontinued] - Decision Analysis
Details: Thinking through difficult decisions. Course utilizes case studies and professional software to analyze decision making, design decision models and perform risk analyses.
Prerequisite: Jr. standing; STAT 141; ECON 11 or 12
BSAD 178 - Quality Control
Details: Analysis and design of systems for obtaining quality in operations. Statistical process control (SPC) emphasized, along with current management philosophies and concepts.
Prerequisite: MATH 20 or 21, STAT 141 or equivalent; Jr. standing
BSAD 180 - Managerial Finance
Details: The financial function in the corporation. Techniques for evaluating current use of resources and proposed resource acquisitions or dispositions. Credit can not be received for CDAE 167 after completion of BSAD 180.
Prerequisite: BSAD 61 or 65, ECON 12, STAT 141 or 111; BSAD majors or
minors, CSIS, Jr. standing. Required Course Specific Fee of $45
BSAD 181 - Intermediate Financial Management
Details: Examines key areas of financial decision making. With cases and problems, issues such as capital budgeting, leasing, mergers, and acquisitions examined.
Prerequisite: BSAD 180; STAT 141; BSAD majors or minors, Jr. standing,
Required Course Specific Fee of $45
BSAD 183 - International Financial Management
Details: Theories and practices of international financial management examined. Topics investigated include: systems of international exchange, spot and forward markets, and expropriation and exchange risk.
Prerequisite: BSAD 180, Jr. standing; BSAD mJr. or permission
BSAD 184 - Financial Institutions and Markets
Details: Study of level and structure of interest rates and characteristics of financial institutions and markets. Topics include market vs. natural rate of interest, interest rate structure, behavior of interest rates.
Prerequisite: BSAD 180; STAT 141; Jr. standing. Required Course Specific
Fee of $45
BSAD 185 [Discontinued] - Special Topics
Details: One-to-three-credit modules focusing on financial theory and applications. Subjects covered vary each year, including financial futures markets, options, municipal securities, bankruptcy, SEC regulation, bankers acceptances, interest rate swaps, mortgage-backed bonds, securitization of index trading.
Prerequisite: BSAD 180, BSAD only, Jr. standing
BSAD 191 - Strategy and Competition
Details: Integrative, capstone course concerned with issues and decisions facing senior executives directing entire enterprises. Students develop analytical skills surrounding industry analysis, strategy formulation, organizational design, and competitive dynamics.
Prerequisite: Sr. standing; BSAD 120, 150, 180 (recommended to take after completing all BSAD Field Courses). Required Course Specific
fee of $45
BSAD 192 - Business Process Improvement
Details: Familiarizes students with the basic conceptual issues of continuously improving business processes to compete more effectively on quality, time, and cost.
Prerequisite: BSAD 141; Jr. standing.
Required Course Specific
fee of $20
BSAD 194 - Internship
Details: Independent research under faculty supervision, in connection with a preprofessional work experience. Written requirements include a substantive analysis of an aspect of the internship, linking it with the academic curriculum.
Prerequisite: Completion of Basic Business Core courses; at least one Business Field Course, cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0; permission of the School of Business Administration. Jr., Sr. standing; must complete appl in 101 Kalkin. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 195 - Special Topics
Details: Specialized or experimental courses offered as resources permissionit.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites and restrictions are determined by instructor.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 196 - Special Topics
Details: Specialized or experimental courses offered as resources permissionit.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites and restrictions are determined by instructor.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 197 - Independent Study
Details: Independent investigation designed by the student as a means of applying prior course work to a specialized problem. Well suited for senior projects.
Prerequisite: Permission of BSAD Undergraduate Studies Committee. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 198 - Independent Study
Details: Independent investigation designed by the student as a means of applying prior course work to a specialized problem. Well suited for senior projects.
Prerequisite: Permission of BSAD Undergraduate Studies Committee at least 1 month prior to beg of sem; Jr. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
Advanced Courses (2XX)BSAD 222 - Human Resource Management
Details: Critical examination of contemporary problems in human resource management; including job analysis, recruitment, training and employee development, health and safety, compensation, performance appraisal, and related topics.
Prerequisite: BSAD 120; Sr. standing; Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 226 - Current Issues in Management and Organizational Theory
Details: Subjects may include training and development, selection and recruitment, and affirmative actions.
Prerequisite: BSAD 120. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 227 [Discontinued] - International Management
Details: Reviews special problems in the management of human resources in a global economy. Focuses on cultural differences, a comparison of labor-management systems in a number of countries, the role of multinational corporations, and the impact of foreign enter
Prerequisite: Jr, Sr, MBA standing
BSAD 234 [Discontinued] - Canadian-U.S. Business Relations
Details: A study of the Canadian-U.S. bilateral relationship as it affects international business, emphasizing trade, investment, energy, and industrial development policies.
Prerequisite: Jr. standing, ECON 11, 12
BSAD 236 [Discontinued] - Contemporary European Business
Details: Learn about the challenges that European companies are facing now and in the forthcoming years with the goal of developing and applying tools and strategies to meet these challenges. Special emphasis is put on the European Union and on the situation of Post Communist countries. Economic, social, and cultural issues that confront local & foreign companies is investigated.
Prerequisite: Sr. or MBA standing or permission
(656-4015)
BSAD 237 [Discontinued] - Contemporary African Business
Details: Participants gain insight and understanding of contemporary issues in African business. The course provides students with a global perspective on developing policies that are appropriate for the multinational firm. A guest instructor brings expertise on the African financial markets, and provides students with an understanding of current, political, social, economic issues confronting African business operations.
Prerequisite: Sr. or MBA standing
BSAD 251 - Marketing Research
Details: The role of research in a marketing information framework. Emphasis on survey research, data collection, and analysis. Experimental designs also examined.
Prerequisite: BSAD 150. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 252 - Marketing Research Practicum
Details: Market research field project. Students design survey instruments, collect and analyze data, and present results to clients in a business environment.
Prerequisite: BSAD 251 and instructor permission. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 258 - International Market Analysis
Details: Examines the cultural, economic, historic, and political factors that affect the analysis of foreign markets. Specific attention is given to the processes by which market entry decisions are developed and implemented.
Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing; BSAD 150 or permission of instructor. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 260 - Financial Statement Analysis
Details: A study of the concepts and techniques underlying corporate financial statement analysis, emphasizing business equity valuation.
Prerequisite: BSAD 180 or 308. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 261 - Intermediate Accounting
Details: Principles, concepts, techniques, and issues involved in accounting for the assets, liabilities, and owners equity and their related effect on income determination of an enterprise.
Prerequisite: BSAD majors or minors, acctng mnr, BSAD 61 or 65 or 306. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 262 - Intermediate Accounting
Details: Principles, concepts, techniques, and issues involved in accounting for the assets, liabilities, and owners equity and their related effect on income determination of an enterprise.
Prerequisite: BSAD 261, Jr. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 263 - Accounting and the Environment
Details: An examination of the critical role of accounting in implementing and assessing the firm's environmental strategy. A variety of accounting issues are addressed through readings and case studies.
Prerequisite: Jr. standing; BSAD 61 or 65 or 306. Required course specific fee $20.
BSAD 264 - Introduction to Federal Taxation
Details: An introduction to US federal taxation as it applies to individuals and business entities including proprietorships, partnerships, C Corporations, S Corporations.
Prerequisite: BSAD 060 or 065 or 306;
Jr. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 265 - Accounting Information Systems
Details: Examination of how accounting information is
collected, stored and made available to decision makers with an emphasis on internal control
implementation. Students obtain hands on experience with an integrated accounting software package.
Prerequisite: BSAD majors/minors; Jr. standing; BSAD 060, 065 or 306. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 266 - Advanced Accounting
Details: Focuses on accounting for business combinations and development consolidated financial statements. Includes accounting for foreign currency transactions, foreign subsidiaries, governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations.
Prerequisite: BSAD 162; Jr, Sr, MBA standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 267 - Auditing
Details: Examination of auditing theory and practice. Topics include standards, ethics and legal responsibilities of the profession, audit planning, internal control, audit evidence and auditor communications.
Prerequisite: BSAD 162, Jr, Sr. or MBA standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 268 - Cost Accounting
Details: Accounting for inventory valuation and income determination, nonroutine decisions, policy making and long-range planning.
Prerequisite: BSAD 061; Jr. standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 270 - Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Decisions
Details: Application of management science methods to managerial decision making, emphasizing modeling and use of solution results. Topics include mathematical programming, waiting-line analysis, and computer simulation.
Prerequisite: MATH 20 or 21, STAT 141, BSAD majors or minors; Jr, Sr.
or MBA standing, EMGT majors.
Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 272 [Discontinued] - Discrete Simulation
Details: Discrete simulation using montecarlo techniques and the GPSS simulation processor; mathematical modeling of systems; control systems; validation and sensitivity analysis.
Prerequisite: Jr, Sr, MBA standing
BSAD 282 - Security Valuation and Portfolio Management
Details: Examination of theories and evidence on the investment decision process including operations of equity securities markets, market efficiency, financial asset prices, and portfolio management.
Prerequisite: Jr. standing: BSAD 180 or 308. Required Course Specific fee of $45.
BSAD 285 - Options and Futures
Details: Financial derivatives-options, futures, and swaps. Topics include: structures of the markets for exchange traded and over-the-counter derivatives; identification and exploitation of arbitrage opportunities; use, and misuse of derivatives to hedge risk in both financial and product markets.
Prerequisite: Jr. standing; BSAD 180 or 308; Required Finance Course
Specific Software fee of $45.
BSAD 288 - Finance Honors Seminar
Details: Application of financial theory to stock/bond valuation, credit analysis, security underwriting, or risk management. Students will complete projects assigned by major financial services firms.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission only. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 293 - Integrated Product Development
Details: Project-based course focusing on the entire product life cycle. Team dynamics, process and product design, quality, materials, management, and environmentally-conscious manufacturing.
Prerequisite: Junior, Senior standing; Instructor permission. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 295 - Advanced Special Topics
Details: Advanced courses on topics beyond the scope of existing departmental offerings. See Schedule of Courses for specific titles and prerequisites.
Prerequisite: Sr. standing; Other prerequisites and restrictions are determined by instructor. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 298 - Business Administration Honors Project
Details: Honors project dealing with business administration and management topics. Honors College students only.
Prerequisite: Honors College Students only. By application only; see BSAD honors faculty advisor (101 Kalkin Hall); Instructor Permission. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 299 - Business Administration Honors Thesis
Details: Honors thesis dealing with business administration and management topics.
Prerequisite: Honors College Students only. By application only; see BSAD honors faculty advisor (101 Kalkin Hall); Instructor permission. Required course specific fee of $20.
Graduate Courses (3XX)BSAD 302 [Discontinued] - Business Economics
Details: TBA
Prerequisite: See Graduate Program Associate Dean
BSAD 304 [Discontinued] - Managerial Economics
Details: Application of economic, mathematical, and statistical models to managerial decision making. Emphasis given to optimization techniques, spreadsheet analyses, decision trees, and cost/benefit analysis.
Prerequisite: See Graduate Program Associate Dean
BSAD 305 - Fundamentals of Marketing Management
Details: Accelerated course on marketing principles and theory. Analytical approach to study of product pricing strategies; distribution, communication, and promotion; consumer behavior and development of corporate marketing strategy.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 306 - Fundamentals of Accounting
Details: Introduction to basic concepts for developing and interpreting financial statements. Introduction to use of accounting information for planning, cost behavior, control, and decision making.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee
of $20.
BSAD 307 - Organization and Management Studies
Details: A survey course of the principles of management organization behavior. The fundamentals of planning, organizing, leading, staffing, and controlling are covered. Particular attention is given to organization theory and behavior, including topics such as motivation, group behavior and decision making. All areas are covered in an international context.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee
of $20.
BSAD 308 - Corporate Finance
Details: An introduction to financial decision making in the firm. Decisions related to acquisition and allocation of funds are examined and practiced through cases and problems.
Prerequisite: BSAD 306; MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 309 - The Political Environment of Business
Details: Explore the rationale for government interaction with business. Analyze (1) business, and the broader society's, demand for public policy, as well as (2) the political institutions that supply public policy in both domestic and international contexts.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 313 [Discontinued] - Statistical Analysis for Management
Details: Data analysis and communication of statistical information for managerial decision making. Methods of modeling relationships, comparing strategies, and assessing probabilities. Instruction in computer use.
Prerequisite: MBA standing
BSAD 331 - Health Care Management
Details: Addresses changing challenges confronted by managers in health services delivery organizations. Examines applications and limitations of management concepts and processes in the health care context.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 337 [Discontinued] - International Trade and Investment Policy
Details: Examination of international trade rules of the GATT and the pending World Trade Organization; analysis of the impact on domestic and international firms.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 340 - Production and Operations Management
Details: Study of the operations function in manufacturing and service organizations. Design, planning, and control are examined with emphasis on managerial analysis and decision making.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 341 [Discontinued] - Forecasting
Details: Modern forecasting methods practices including smoothing, regression, econometric and Box-Jenkins models; combining forecasts and forecasting simulations. Professional software used for developing forecasts.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 342 [Discontinued] - Operations Research Models and Concepts
Details: Concepts and models of operations research as applied to the business environment. Emphasis on modeling and using solution results for managerial decision making. Extensive computer use required.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 345 - Management Information Systems
Details: An introduction to the design and implementation of management information systems. A theoretical framework is developed and applied by students to an information system.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 346 [Discontinued] - Decision-Making Models
Details: Application of decision- making models to administrative problems. Structuring decisions through decision trees, making choices, assessing risk, resolving conflicting objectives and overcoming organizational impediments.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 347 [Discontinued] - Analysis of Decision Support Systems
Details: Normative guidelines to design, implement, and evaluate information systems that support unstructured managerial tasks. The guidelines are developed by analyzing information distortion in organizations.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 352 - Business to Business Marketing
Details: Analysis of marketing channels as social, economic, and political systems. Topics include inter-firm relations, legal environment and logistics.
Prerequisite: BSAD 308; MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 355 [Discontinued] - Marketing Communications
Details:
Prerequisite: BSAD 305; MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 357 - Analysis for Mrktg Planning
Details: A post-introductory MBA marketing course that combines
managerial and analytic approaches to gaining insight into customer attitudes and behaviors and
improving market decision-making.
Prerequisite: BSAD 305, MBA standing. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 359 [Discontinued] - Marketing Policy
Details: Concepts from quantitative methods, economics, behavioral sciences applied to marketing management. Includes: marketing opportunities, organizing for marketing, planning marketing programs, control of marketing effort. Case book method.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course fee of $20
BSAD 360 - Contemporary Financial Accounting and Reporting
Details: Current financial accounting, reporting practices; focus on contemporary issues, problems. Impact of pronouncements of Accounting Principles Board, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Securities and Exchange Commission, and other bodies.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course fee of $20
BSAD 361 - Accounting Rsch, Reg & Ethics
Details: Students will research current financial reporting issues
and regulatory requirements. Cases will emphasize the ethical responsibilities of professional
accountants.
Prerequisite: BSAD 266 and MAcc stdg. Required course specific fee of $20.
BSAD 365 - Management Accounting
Details: Study of development, utilization of accounting information for product costing and pricing purposes, for routine planning and control of organizational activities, for decision-making purposes.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 371 [Discontinued] - Personnel Administration
Details: Critical examination of contemporary problems, controversies in personnel administration. Current issues, topics (affirmative action, discrimination in employment) covered with more traditional topics of wage and salary administration, etc.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 375 - Organization Theory
Details: Organization theories examined for insights into behaviors of organizations and their members. Open systems perspective. Identification of contingencies in organization design based on human, structural, technological, environmental variables.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 376 - The Management of Change In Organizations
Details: Applied behavioral science perspective adopted to identify conceptual issues, develop diagnostic skills, examine alternative intervention strategies relevant to accomplishment of planned changes in organizational systems.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 379 - Strategic Management
Details: Case studies of existing organizations are used to illustrate the intellectual, social processes of adaptation to a changing environment: strategy formulation, implementation. Not offered every year.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 380 - Managerial Finance
Details: Focus on key financial decisions that affect the value of the firms. Topics: capital structure, leasing, mergers and acquisitions, capital market theories and evidence.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 382 [Discontinued] - Investment and Portfolio Analysis
Details: Examination of the investment decision process. Specific topics include operations of equity securities markets, market efficiency, capital asset pricing model, and portfolio management.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 384 - Financial Markets and Interest Rates
Details: Study of level and structure of interest rates. Topics: flow of funds accounting, market vs. natural rate of interest, interest rate structure, behavior of interest rates over business cycle.
Prerequisite: MBA standing, BSAD 308; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 394 - Independent Readings and Research
Details: Allows a student to pursue independent research under the direction of a faculty member. Normally, the course will include a research paper.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; permission of Grad studies committee; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 395 - Advanced Special Topics
Details: Topics and material that may develop later into a regular course offering; in addition, it may include topics and material offered only once.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; Required course specific fee of $20
BSAD 396 - Strategy and Competition
Details: Integrative, capstone course concerned with issues and decisions facing senior executives directing entire enterprises. Students develop analytical skills surrounding industry analysis, strategy formulation, organizational design, and competitive dynamics.
Prerequisite: MBA standing; last semester of study; required course specific fee of $20
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